Comment

Representation ID: 17299

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: The Great Northern Railway Trail Development Group

Route Protection
We ask that the same revised wording for Denholme applies to Cullingworth as follows.
‘Continue to protect the route of the Great Northern Railway Trail for cycling, walking and horse riding within this former railway line, as part of the National Cycle Network’.
The local strategy refers to the protection of biodiversity and landscape character but the Trail itself needs to be protected (refer to above).
Paragraph 5.19.12 states:
The Great Northern Railway Trail and National Cycle Network route 69 which, though disjointed, provides a link between Cullingworth and Queensbury and provides a local tourist attraction’.
The Trail is not just a tourist attraction. At present, it is more of a local attraction. We suggest amending this sentence with the following:
‘The Great Northern Railway Trail, part of the National Cycle Network, is a work in progress. Cullingworth is already linked to Harecroft. Essentially it is a local asset valued by the community for the community for the purpose of recreation, wildlife, railway heritage, and for journeys to work. Once connected, it will attract many more tourists, especially for the Bronte experience’.